Management of a crochet hook penetrating perineal injury: A case report

Removing an embedded barbed hook in the body without causing further tissue damage is a challenge in the emergency department (ED). A crochet hook is one of these barbed hooks. A 6-year-old male child presented to our hospital after one hour of crochet hook needle injury to the perineum. On perineal examination there was a sharp material imbedded in the anterior perineal area on the right side from the medial raphe. His follow-up course was uneventful. The advance-and-cut method is the most practiced and successful. The choice of management techniques depends on the anatomic location and depth of the hook. • Removing an embedded barbed hook in the body without causing further tissue damage is a challenge in the emergency department. • The advance-and-cut method is the most practiced and most successful. • The choice of management techniques depends on the anatomic location of the injury and the depth of the injury by the crochet hook.